Space grain-drill and cotton-planter



(No Model.)

J. D. FOSTER 8v V. C. HAR-RIS. SPACE GRAIN DRILL AND COTTON PLANTBR.

Patented Jan. 2, 18183.,

No. 270.048. Y

UNITED STATES `JAIvIEs D. ItosTER AND vIRerINIus` o.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIS, or HUNTsvILLE, ALABAMA.

SPACE GRAIN-DRILL AND COTTON-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,048', dated January,` 2, 1823.

Application filed August 24, 1882. (No model.) l

To allguhom it may concern Be it known that We, JAMES DANIEL FOS- TER and VIRGINIUS GLAx'roN HARRIS, citizens ot the United States, residing at Huntsville, in the county ot' Madison and State of ters and tigures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cotton'and` other seed planters, the object being to furnish means for elevating the seed from a hopperin proper quantities and spaces apart and deposit the same in the ground with regularity and precision; and to these ends our in venton consists in mounting a hopper and a guidingtube for the seed ona suitable frame, carrying a share in front for opening the furrow and a drag-bar for filling the same, an endless belt, with elevators, passing through the hopper, the latter being provided with brushes for stripping othe surplus seed, and means for tightening the endless belt, as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal. vertical section ot' our improved seed-planter. Fig. 2 is a top plan view ot' the hopper. Fig. 3 is a detail of means for tightening the belt, and Fig. 4 shows the elevators spaced apart for planting different kinds ot' seed.

Like letters of reference denote'like parts in each of' thetigures of the drawings.

ln carrying out our invention we employ a frame, A, having suitable handles for guiding the machine, which is mounted upon an axle, B, supported by wheels C, and having a driving-pulley, D, which moves with the axle B. E is a dragbar foriilling the furrow lnade by a suitable share, F, after the seed has been deposited therein. A series of elevators, of greater or less size, are attached to an inclined endless apron,G, and spaced apart, according to the kind of seed which for the time being is to be planted. For convenience, several belts can be provided, having the elevators of different sizes and spaced apart, in order to adapt each belt to rplant a particular kind of seed. The endless belt passes in a'tthe bottom ofthe hopper H and out over an adjustable friction-roller, J, carrying the seed upward over the hopper and dropping the same in the guiding and conically-shaped seed-tube K. The shape of this tube enables us to deposit the seed in the desired area of earth.

The hopper H is provided with a cross-piece, h, near its top, which has an opening guarded by a brush, h', to prevent seed from beingthrown out of the hopper.' other than that contained in the elevators, and to strip off the surplus seed in the elevators.

The friction-roller J is suspended in threaded hangers j, which can be adjusted by turning the nuts j', whereby the endless belt can be .kept taut. i

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 l. In a seed planter, a seed-tube and endless b'elt having elevators spaced apart, as described, in combination with a hopper having near itstop a perforated cross-piece and a perforated bottom, each of said perforations being covered with a brush, and an adjustable friction-roller, as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a seed-planter, the conical tu be K, end- 

